Template:1970–71 NFL playoffs

Note: Although the home teams in these playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation, the home club coincidentally happened to be the one with the better record in every game. Had the playoffs been seeded, the only difference would have been that the #4 wild card Lions, ineligible to play the Vikings, would have played at the #2 49ers and the #3 Cowboys would have played at the #1 Vikings in the NFC divisional playoffs.
Dec 27 – Oakland Coliseum
WC Miami 14
Jan 3 – Memorial Stadium
West Oakland 21
AFC
West Oakland 17
Dec 26 – Memorial Stadium
East Baltimore 27
AFC Championship
Cent. Cincinnati 0
Jan 17 – Miami Orange Bowl
East Baltimore 17
Divisional playoffs
AFC Baltimore 16
Dec 26 – Cotton Bowl
NFC Dallas 13
Super Bowl V
WC Detroit 0
Jan 3 – Kezar Stadium
East Dallas 5
NFC
East Dallas 17
Dec 27 – Metropolitan Stadium
West San Francisco 10
NFC Championship
West San Francisco 17
Cent. Minnesota 14